Updated: Forest Cove residents free from rent as Atlanta mayor directs funds for their relocation

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A recent WABE investigation documented how government officials stood by as Forest Cove received hundreds of code violations and failed federal inspections. One resident, a woman named Ms. Peaches, still pushed for change. (Alphonso Whitfield/WABE)

Updated Wednesday, Feb. 23 at 9:30 a.m.

On Tuesday, the office of Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens announced it would use city funding to relocate residents of Forest Cove.

It also said the mayor would direct city agencies to immediately plan the redevelopment of a former public housing site, once known as Thomasville Heights, across from Forest Cove.